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  2. The Birth of Venus - Wikipedia

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    Sandro Botticelli, The Birth of Venus (c. 1484–1486).Tempera on canvas. 172.5 cm × 278.9 cm (67.9 in × 109.6 in). Uffizi, Florence Detail: the face of Venus. The Birth of Venus (Italian: Nascita di Venere [ˈnaʃʃita di ˈvɛːnere]) is a painting by the Italian artist Sandro Botticelli, probably executed in the mid 1480s.

  3. Venus and the Three Graces Presenting Gifts to a Young Woman

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    Venus and the Three Graces Presenting Gifts to a Young Woman, also known as Giovanna degli Albizzi Receiving a Gift of Flowers from Venus (Italian: Venere e le tre Grazie offrono doni a una giovane), is a fresco painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli of circa 1483–1486.

  4. Venus Anadyomene - Wikipedia

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    Sandro Botticelli, Uffizi Gallery, Florence 1484–1486 Nicolas Poussin, 1635–36, Philadelphia. Through the desire of Renaissance artists reading Pliny to emulate Apelles, and if possible, to outdo him, Venus Anadyomene was taken up again in the 15th century: besides Botticelli's famous The Birth of Venus (Uffizi Gallery, Florence), another early Venus Anadyomene is the bas-relief by Antonio ...

  5. Why Protesters Targeted Botticelli's Birth of Venus by ... - AOL

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    Protesters targeted Botticelli's 'The Birth of Venus' painting in a demonstration at a museum in Florence.

  6. Venus (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Over time, venus came to refer to any artistic depiction in post-classical art of a nude woman, even when there was no indication that the subject was the goddess. The Birth of Venus, by Sandro Botticelli c. 1485 –1486. Venus, Mars, and Vulcan, by Tintoretto. The Birth of Venus (c. 1485) Sleeping Venus (c. 1501) Venus of Urbino (1538)

  7. The Birth of Venus (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    The Birth of Venus is a 15th century painting by Sandro Botticelli. The Birth of Venus may also refer to: ... or Venus Rising (The Star), 1890; The Birth of Venus, 1907;

  8. Classical mythology in culture - Wikipedia

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    Among the best-known subjects of Italian artists are Botticelli's Birth of Venus and Pallas and the Centaur, the Ledas of Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, and Raphael's Galatea. [2] Through the medium of Latin and the works of Ovid, Greek myth influenced medieval and Renaissance poets such as Petrarch, Boccaccio and Dante in Italy. [1]

  9. Venus Anadyomene (Titian) - Wikipedia

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    Venus Anadyomene is an oil painting by Titian, dating to around 1520. It depicts Venus rising from the sea and wringing her hair, with a shell visible at the bottom left, taken from a description of Venus by Greek poet Hesiod in which she was born fully-grown from a shell. [ 2 ]